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2486 results for: Keyword - Ms Dyer
We found 1475 matches on Event Comments, 1223 matches on Performance Comments, 14 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
09 February 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: A Friend in Need

Song: Afterpiece: Chorus-Welsh, Maddocks, Gregson, Wentworth, Atkins, Meyers, Annereau, Bardoleau, Walker, Willoughby, Ms Butler, Ms Roffey, Ms Granger, Ms Jackson, Ms Maddocks, Ms Menage, Ms Wentworth, Ms Benson

2
05 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Eleventh of June; or, The Daggerwoods at Dunstable

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Song: 1st piece: Vocal Parts, as17980224, but Ms _Leak

3
13 March 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Mercutio Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Love Match

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Dyer, Clarke, Mattocks, Hull, Dunstall, Anderson, Bennet, Cushing, Miss Miller, Mrs Green; Prologue-Smith; Epilogue in character-Mrs Green. [Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]
Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Dyer, Clarke, Mattocks, Hull, Dunstall, Anderson, Bennet, Cushing, Miss Miller, Mrs Green

4
22 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Charlotte Lane for making a white cloth coat and blue sattin waistcoat, loop'd and bound with silver for Mr Dyer, 18s.; for sewing silk and twist, 4s. 6d. Buckram and stays, 3s.; Hair cloth and wadding, 4s. dimety sleevelining & linnen pockets, 2s. 6d.; 2 doz. & 4 rich silver wire buttons at 8d.-18s. 6d. 19 breast buttons ditto at 4d.-6s. 4d. Dimety body lining to waistcoat and cuffs at 12s.-#1 13s.; 8 yds blue allopeen at 21!2 d.-17s. 4d. 21!4 yds white serge desoy at 5s.-11s. 3d. Also for Mr Dyer for making a yellow sattin waistcoat & cuffs, and mending a coat for Ranger, 8s.; sewing silk and twist, buckran & stays 4s.; three quarters yds white shallbon and interlining at 4d.-6s. 4d. Dimety body lining to waistcoat, 3s. 4d.; Stuff to make the backs 1s. 2 and 3!4 yds Blue Sattin for ye n silver'd buttons at 1s. 6d.-4s. 6d.; 11!2 doz. breast buttons ditto at 9d.-1s. 11!2d; For new buttoning and lacing a coat for Mrs Vincent 6s.; 2 doz. and 4 coat silver'd buttons at 1s. 6d.-3s. 6d.; 11!2 doz. breast buttons at 9d.-1s. 1 1!2d.; Sewing silk &c., 1s. 6d. (MS list in Davies, Life of Garrick, II, 322)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Antony-Barry; Ventidius-Sparks; Dolabella-Smith; Cleopatra-Mrs Woffington; Octavia-Mrs Bellamy; Alexas-Dyer; Serapion-Marten; Myris-Redman; Charmion-Mrs Baker; Iras-Miss Mullart.
Cast
Role: Alexas Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17551114

5
06 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: As17721013, but Simon-Perry; Dolly-Mrs Dyer.
Cast
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Dyer.

Dance: I: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Venetian Gardner-Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon. [See17650925]; II: [A New Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon; End: [A New Grand Ballet, call'd Rural Amusements-Fishar, Sga Manesiere. [See17720424.

6
10 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Powell; Manly-Clarke; Richard-Dibdin; Moody-Dunstall; Basset-Dyer; Sir Francis-Yates; Poundage-Bates; Servant-Holtom; Constable-Wignell; James-R. Smith; Lady Grace-Mrs Dyer; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Ferguson; Myrtilla-Miss Pearce; Trusty-Miss Mills; Miss Jenny-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Lady Townly-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Basset Actor: Dyer
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17671106; End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

7
21 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Note repeated in subsequent bills. Larpent MS 337 casts the Prelude as follows: Manager-Dyer; Prompter-$Younger; Author-$Kniveton; Carpenter-$Davis; Mr Reinhold-$Mr Lewes; Chairmen-$Saunders, $Fox; Young Lady, her first appearance; servant.] Receipts: #199 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Shuter; Frederick-Wroughton; Clerimont-Hull; James-Cushing; Taylor-Quick; Ramilie-Dyer; Harriet-Mrs Baker; Lappet-Mrs Green; Mariana-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Ramilie Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: Preceded: New Occasional Prelude. The Principal characters-Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage

Performance Comment: The Principal characters-Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage.
Cast
Role: The Principal characters Actor: Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage.

8
29 September 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Non Juror

Performance Comment: Dr Wolf-Sparks; Sir John-Ridout; Colonel-Dyer; Heartly-Smith; Charles-White; Lady Woodvil-Mrs Elmy; Maria-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Colonel Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

9
05 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Barry; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Cimberton-Arthur; Humphrey-Anderson; Daniel-Collins; Tom (with a song in Character)-Dyer; Sealand-Sparks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Indiana-Mrs Bellamy; Phillis-Mrs Woffington; Occasional Prologue-Mrs Woffington; and an Epilogue-Shuter.
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Mrs Roland; and "By Desire" the Fingalian Dance, as17551126

Song: Lowe

10
12 October 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Smith; Sir Sampson-Dunstall; Scandal-Ridout; Foresight-Arthur; Tattle-Dyer; Trapland-Collins; Jeremy-Barrington; Ben-Shuter; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Elmy; Mrs Frail-Mrs Vincent; Prue-Mrs Green; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Angelica-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Tattle Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave; or, The Royal Chase

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Lowe; Aerial Spirits-Granier, Mrs Granier; Jupiter (in the character of Harlequin)-Miles; Doctor-Arthur; Anatomist-Stoppelaer; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Merlin-Howard; Mercury-Baker; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer

11
26 March 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Performance Comment: Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Volatil Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: II: (By Desire) Hornpipe-Poitier Jr

Entertainment: End: A Comic Lecture; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of Foote-Wilkinson; The Cries of London-Shuter; End Afterpiece: the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of British Bucks-Mr Shuter; with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and Mons Thurot's Trip to Carrickfergus-

12
28 December 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Smith; King Henry-Gibson; Norfolk-Perry; Stanley-Anderson; Lieut.-R. Smith; Ratcliffe-Bennet; Catesby-Holtom; Lord Mayor-Marten; Oxford-Weller; Richmond-Clarke; Buckingham-Sparks; Tressel-Dyer; Prince Edward-Miss Mullart; Duke of York-Miss Valois; Lady Anne-Mrs Vincent; Duchess of York-Mrs Elmy; Queen-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Tressel Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

13
16 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Feignwell-Woodward; Modelove-Dyer; Obadiah-Gibson; Perriwinkle-Shuter; Tradelove-Anderson; Freeman-Clarke; Sackbut-Buck; Simon Pure-Costollo; Aminadab-Mas. Morgan; Mrs Prim-Mrs Pitt; Ann Lovely-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Modelove Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: II: A Tambourine, as17641015; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

14
18 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Ross; Rutland-Miss Macklin; Burleigh-Walker; Southampton-Dyer; Raleigh-Anderson; Lieut.-Perry; Nottingham-Mrs Vincent; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Southampton Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

15
11 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Performance Comment: Antony-Smith; Ventidius-Gibson; Dolabella-Clarke; Alexas-Dyer; Serapion-Gardner; Charmion-Mrs Stephens; Iras-Mrs Godwin; Cleopatra-Mrs Bellamy; Octavia-Mrs Mattocks (1st time).
Cast
Role: Alexas Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: Rural Love, as17661120; End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

16
23 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17670211, but Eustace-Dyer.
Cast
Role: Eustace Actor: Dyer.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer

17
14 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Shuter; Smith-Clarke; Johnson-Dyer; Others-Dunstall, Gibson, Perry, Davis, Dibdin, DuBellamy, Gardner, Bennet, Morgan, Barrington, R. Smith, Holtom, Cushing, Legg, Redman, Wignell, Baker, Mrs DuBellamy, Miss Pearce, Miss Mills, Miss Ford; With additional Reinforcements of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-; a New Occasional Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

18
17 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Gibson; Young Knowel-Dyer; Wellbred-Mattocks; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Brainworm-Dunstall; Downright-Gardner; Clement-Morris; Mas. Matthew-Cushing; Cash-Perry; Formal-Wignell; Cob-Massey; Cob's Wife-Mrs Pitt; Bridget-Mrs Baker; Dame Kitely-Mrs Bulkley (late Miss Wilford); By Particular Desire, The New Occasional Prologue-Powell.
Cast
Role: Young Knowel Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: Serious Dance, as17670916

19
23 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Powell; Pembroke-Davis; Prince Henry-Lewes; Essex-Gardner; Salisbury-Perry; Bastard-Smith; Faulconbridge-Weller; Austria-Morris; Hubert-Bensley, 1st time; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Dyer; Chatillon-Hull; Governor of Angiers-Wignell; Pandulph-Gibson; Queen Elinor-Mrs Vincent; Prince Arthur-Miss Ford; Lady Blanch-Mrs DuBellamy; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Ferguson; Constance-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Dauphin Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

20
05 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Others-Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, Banks, DuBellamy, Wignell, Dibdin, Weller, Holtom, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Mrs Bulkley; Dances-LaRiviere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Fishar.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, Banks, DuBellamy, Wignell, Dibdin, Weller, Holtom, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Mrs Bulkley

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

21
17 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Jupiter (Harlequin)-Miles; Pluto (Punch)-Rayner; Neptune (Pantaloon)-Petro; Pan (Scaramouche)-Curtat; Hercules (Brighella)-Dumai; Apollo (Mezetin)-King; Mars (Leander)-Hussey; Chasseur Royal-DuBellamy; Diana-Mrs Baker; Arial Spirits-Arnauld, Miss Valois; Doctor-Banks; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Merlin-Legg; Shepherd-Dibdin; Mercury-Baker; Pierrot-Morris.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer

22
06 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-A Gentleman, 1st appearance; Worthy-Hull; Ballance-Gibson; Bullock-Dunstall; Brazen-Woodward; Kite-Gardner, 1st time; Welsh Collier-Weller; Recruits-Bennet, Lewes; Melinda-Mrs Dyer; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Rose-Miss Ward; Sylvia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, R. Smith, Banks, Wignel, Dibdin, Holtom, Weller, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Miss Pitt.

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

23
05 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Powell; Iago-Macklin, 1st time in 12 years; Roderigo-Dyer; Duke-Morris; Brabantio-Gibson; Lodovico-Gardner; Cassio-Clarke; Montano-Davis; Gratiano-Mozeen; Emilia-Mrs Ward; Desdemona-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Roderigo Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114

24
19 September 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Lord Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry-Shuter; Giles-A Gentleman, being his second appearance that stage [Mr Barnshaw]; Mervin-DuBellamy; Fairfield-Gibson; Ralph-Dyer[, 1st time; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Mrs Baker; Fanny-Mrs Thompson; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Ralph Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: I: A Dance incident to the Opera-Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois

25
24 October 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Miles; Infernal Spirit-Legg; Shade of Helen-Mrs Baker; Furies-Fishar; Sir Epicure Relish-Wignell; Miller-Banks; Gambler-Quick; Faust's Man-Morgan; Miller's Wife-Miss Twist; Lady Relish-Mrs Dyer; The Dances-Arnauld, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Lady Relish Actor: Mrs Dyer